Novolytics

Jan 13, 2016

AmpliPhi announces pre-clinical data M. Scott Salka, CEO of AmpliPhi Biosciences, said: “These Novolytics assets will broaden our IP portfolio and speed the development of our phage therapies. This acquisition supports our strategy of assembling the premier bacteriophage therapy company through the acquisition of world-class talent and assets to accomplish our goal of arming physicians and patients with novel and effective weapons against the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant pathogens.” Previous AmpliPhi acquisitions include Biocontrol of London, UK, acquired in late 2010, and Special Phage Services, of Sydney, Australia, acquired in late 2012. AmpliPhi maintains a research and development facility in Sydney, and, as a direct result of earlier relationships forged by Special Phage Services with Flinders and Adelaide Universities in South Australia, expects to soon be dosing chronic rhinosinusitis patients in its first clinical trial of a phage therapeutic at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide.